How does a child become a shooter? Research suggests easy access to guns and exposure to screen violence increase the risk
- Written by Brad Bushman, Professor of Communication and Rinehart Chair of Mass Communication, The Ohio State University
The shooting of an elementary school teacher by one of her students is a shocking example of gun violence.Jay Paul/Getty ImagesIn the aftermath of a shocking incident in which a first grader shot and seriously injured a teacher at a school in Newport News, Virginia, the city’s mayor asked the question: “How did this happen?”